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Post by berlynwright on Mar 18, 2015 22:10:39 GMT -5
i carried Undertaker to a great big man match
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2015 22:33:39 GMT -5
Nash carrying a crestfallen Taker at WrestleMania, that reminds me of when Nash won an 80-man battle royal in '72 in Dallas Stadium. It was down to him and the Von Erichs, there was 8 of them, he had the claw on all 7 of 'em. Yeah, and remember Hulk Hogan dude, lifted the 10,000 lbs. Giant all the way up to the ceiling of the Silverdome jack, and proceeded to bodyslam him through the center of the earth in front of 5 million screaming Hulkamaniacs, brother?
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Post by jmule on Mar 18, 2015 22:44:28 GMT -5
Was takers wife doin Shawn on the side too?
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Mar 18, 2015 23:23:10 GMT -5
Well at least Taker didn't do something stupid like get her name tattooed on his throat...
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Post by BigBadZ on Mar 18, 2015 23:49:40 GMT -5
I'm betting this is just the top layer on this story. See, Nash texted himself (in 1996) a devious plan to take the Undertaker out of his element for their match. So he dressed up in a 1950s suit, hat, and Groucho Marx mask and served him the "divorce papers" during the day. He knew he was still at a disadvantage in a wrestling match at WrestleMania so he was trying to goad him into something different and would repeatedly say "you got served" during the fight. The match would have broke Meltzer's star scale if it had came down to a break dancing competition.
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Post by JTG Fan on Mar 18, 2015 23:54:26 GMT -5
According to Wiki, he divorced his first wife in 1999. Not saying Nash is 100% right, but there have been many, many instances of wikipedia having wrong information about wrestlers personal lives.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Mar 19, 2015 0:07:17 GMT -5
According to Wiki, he divorced his first wife in 1999. Not saying Nash is 100% right, but there have been many, many instances of wikipedia having wrong information about wrestlers personal lives. True, but I think in the credibility department, random yahoos on Wikipedia have more than Nash.
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Post by JCBaggee on Mar 19, 2015 0:13:00 GMT -5
If Bret Hart faced Taker at 12 instead, he'd spin it around like Undertaker got over his divorce by the end of their match. With a tear in his eye, of course. Bret would personally counsel Taker while he had the Sharpshooter locked in. Undertaker still leaves his wife, though. Bret would help him realize that the marriage was only a 4/10.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2015 0:28:27 GMT -5
I read somewhere (I think it was "Have a nice day", but could be wrong) that Takers first wife left him because of the Minestry angle. He was getting a bit too into it and he was freaking her out.
But it is possible that she did serve him and they worked it out. Taker does spend a lot of time on the mat.
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Post by salsorino on Mar 19, 2015 1:24:46 GMT -5
This story is true-ish. I've heard Nash tell it before when doing a Q&A with Hall and Xpac, though the hilarious irony of Nash claiming to carry Taker in any regard much less his eagerness to tell the story (more than once evidently) should not be lost on anyone.
I know someone who used to know Taker back in the day and his first marriage and life at the time was pretty messy. They split up and got back together again multiple times. They married young and he tried to be a good husband but life in wrestling, on the road, drinking, strip clubs and his inability to keep "the little Taker" in his pants led to the inevitable. They didn't end up splitting for good that time. Taker even made a small tribute to her (plead) in his speech at the '96 Slammies, "you're always on my mind" or something to that effect. They split for good in '98 and at that time she refused and WOULDN'T give him the divorce he was desperate for. It was finally done in '99. He didn't have her name on his throat but did have to remove her initials he had done on his ring finger.
He's been a bit of a crazy bastard when it came to relationships. Hopefully age, wisdom, experience and a much more calm and healthy lifestyle these days will make his current marriage the one that sticks.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Mar 19, 2015 1:30:57 GMT -5
This story is true-ish. I've heard Nash tell it before when doing a Q&A with Hall and Xpac, though the hilarious irony of Nash claiming to carry Taker in any regard much less his eagerness to tell the story (more than once evidently) should not be lost on anyone. I know someone who used to know Taker back in the day and his first marriage and life at the time was pretty messy. They split up and got back together again multiple times. They married young and he tried to be a good husband but life in wrestling, on the road, drinking, strip clubs and his inability to keep "the little Taker" in his pants led to the inevitable. They didn't end up splitting for good that time. Taker even made a small tribute to her (plead) in his speech at the '96 Slammies, "you're always on my mind" or something to that effect. They split for good in '98 and at that time she refused and WOULDN'T give him the divorce he was desperate for. It was finally done in '99. He didn't have her name on his throat but did have to remove her initials he had done on his ring finger. He's been a bit of a crazy bastard when it came to relationships. Hopefully age, wisdom, experience and a much more calm and healthy lifestyle these days will make his current marriage the one that sticks. At least my joke and reference to his second wife got conflated into this story.
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Post by Error on Mar 19, 2015 1:32:39 GMT -5
I think it is more a symptom of the times we're in than anything else but out of all of that the hardest thing for me to buy is a Wrestlemania main event being almost completely improvised.
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Post by Germansuplex on Mar 19, 2015 1:48:09 GMT -5
Well, this story would at least explain why Nash looked kinda lost every time he hit his finisher in that match. Instead of, you know, going for the f***ing pin.
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Post by The Dark Order Inferno on Mar 19, 2015 5:18:53 GMT -5
Not sure why Nash being the one to lead the Undertaker to a decent match is so farfetched, Taker wasn't having great matches left and right at that stage of his career. He and Nash were about equal in terms of their ring work at one point, people forget that because Nash regressed and Taker got decent 20 years after his debut.
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Post by Ryushinku on Mar 19, 2015 6:16:03 GMT -5
She was so impressed by the double big boot spot, she immediately cancelled the divorce.
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Mar 19, 2015 6:30:57 GMT -5
According to Wiki, he divorced his first wife in 1999. Yep, three years after WM12. I know some divorces get held up in legal matters, but I'm not sure I buy it. Well there were some questions like if a marriage to an undead zombie is legal.
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Post by Magnus the Magnificent on Mar 19, 2015 6:51:37 GMT -5
Nash carrying a crestfallen Taker at WrestleMania, that reminds me of when Nash won an 80-man battle royal in '72 in Dallas Stadium. It was down to him and the Von Erichs, there was 8 of them, he had the claw on all 7 of 'em. Was this before or after Nash busted out the 720 Splash off the bottom rope in his Madagascar classic?
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Post by HMARK Center on Mar 19, 2015 6:59:34 GMT -5
"You carried the Undertaker at WrestleMania XII?"
"I'm the shit, I'm tellin' ya!"
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2015 11:23:25 GMT -5
His future self traveled back in time and consoled him, saying "Don't worry, You're going to have the biggest wife upgrade ever."
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Post by Essential1 on Mar 19, 2015 11:43:57 GMT -5
They always said Taker and Bearer were inseparable..
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